Trail Mix Bars Recipe
Easy to make trail mix bars are full of pretzels, cheerios, m&ms, chocolate chips, and nuts. They're held together with a homemade syrup. Perfect as a lunchbox snack.
Ingredients
- 3 ½ cups Cheerios
- ¾ cup peanuts
- 1 cup M&Ms
- ½ cup semisweet chocolate chips
- ¾ cup pretzel sticks broken into pieces
- ⅓ cup brown sugar packed
- ½ cup light corn syrup
- 1 tablespoon salted butter
Instructions
- In a large bowl, combine cheerios, peanuts, m&m's, chocolate chips and broken pretzel sticks.
- In a small saucepan over medium-low heat, add corn syrup, butter and brown sugar. Stir until bubbling and melted.
- Let cool for 5 minutes until it’s cool enough not to melt the chocolate. Pour over the cereal mix and stir gently to combine. Press into a greased 9x13-inch dish.
- Refrigerate for 1 hour before cutting into squares.
Notes
- Use your favorite trail mix mix0ins. Consider dried fruit or other fun ingredients.
- After making the sugar syrup, wait until it cools enough not to melt your m&ms and chocolate chips before mixing it into your ingredients. It will still be runny enough when cool so don’t worry about it hardening quickly.
- Stir everything together gently.
- Refrigerate for at least an hour before cutting and serving. If you refrigerate for 2-3 hours it will be less likely to fall apart.
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 182kcal | Carbohydrates: 26g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.05g | Cholesterol: 3mg | Sodium: 64mg | Potassium: 107mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 19g | Vitamin A: 165IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 40mg | Iron: 2mg